Child&#39;s push-car.



C. J. McKNlGHT. CHILD'S PUSHCAR. APPLICATION FILED on. 2a. 1916.

.1' 2m 530, Patented Jm16,1917.

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WITNESSES c. J. McKNlGHT.

CHILD'S PUSHCAR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28, I916.

Patehm Jan. 16, 1917.

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WITNESSQS INVENTOR.

characters %TTE% PATENT FETCH CHARLES J. MCKNIGHT, 0F GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO GREENSBURG SWING- COMPANY, OF GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPQRATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

CHILDS PUSH-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28. 1916. Serial No. 128,252.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. MOKN Ion'r, a citizen of the United- States of America, residing at Greensburg, county of Westinoreland, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Push-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

.This invention relates to childrens vehicles, more particularly push cars, and has for its object to provide a vehicle or car of such class, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong, durable, efilcient in its use, conveniently steered,'and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other ob ects in view the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of .parts, as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanylng drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a push car in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation,-

broken away.

Referring to the drawings in detail 1 denotes the body-portion of the vehicle which is provided at the forward end thereof with a vertically disposed opening 2 and fixedly secured upon the upper face of the body portion 1, near the forward end thereof, by the vertically disposed securing devices 3 is a transversely extending foot-bar or rest 4, having a vertically disposed opening 5 which registers with the opening 2.

ositioned against the rear end of the body portion 1, is-a vertically disposed support 6, which extends above and below the body portion 1, and is of greater width at its top and bottom than it is at its center. Longitudinally extending securing devices 7 are employed for fixedly securing the support 6 to the rear end of the body portion 1.

Mounted upon the body portion 1, substantially centrally thereof, is a squared upright 8, and which has its lower end connected with the body portion 1 by a verti- -wheelsof the vehicle or car.

wheels 13 and 14 are mounted upon headed variations and modificationscally disposed securing device 9. Mounted upon the top of the upright 8 and also the top of the support 6, as well as projecting rcarwardly from said support 6, is a seat member 10, which is of less width at its front than at its rear. The seat member 10 is connected with the support 6 by vertically disposed securing devices 11 and said seat'member 10 is connected to the upright 8 by depending securing devices 12.

j The reference characters 13 and 14 denote the'rear wheels of the vehicle or car and the reference characters 15 and 16 the front The rear spindles 17 which have threaded engagement, as at 18, in the lower portion of the support 6, and said spindles 17 project outwardly from the side edges of said support 6. Interposed between the heads.19 of the spindles 17 and the wheels 13 and 14 are washers 20. Washers 21 are arranged on the spindles 17 between the wheels 13 and 14 and the sides of the support 6.

The wheels 15 and 16 are mounted upon headed spindles 22 which have threaded engagement as at 23, with an axle member 24. The spindles 22 project outwardly from the sides of the axle member 24 and interposed between the wheels, carried by the spindles 22, and the sides of the axle member 24 are washers 25, and interposed between the heads 26 of the spindles 22 and the wheels 15 and 16 are washers 27.

Arranged at the forward end of the body portion is a steering post 28, provided near its upper end with a transverse handle-bar 29. The lower portion of the steering post 28 is reduced as at 30 and extending down through the openings 2, and 5 and into the socket 31 formed in the axle member 24. The reduced portion 30 is fixedly secured to the axle member 24, by transversely extending securing devices 32, the latter projecting through the reduced portion 30, and has threaded engagement, as at 33, with the axle member 24.

Inter-posed between the enlarged portion of the steering post 28 and the foot rest or bar 4, is a washer 34 which surrounds the reduced portion 30 of the steering post.

The width of the axle member 24 is materially less than the width of the support 6 and by such an arrangement the forward wheels 15 and 16 are 'arra ed in wardly with respect to the wheels 13 and 1% so as not to interfere with the foot of the child during/the pushing operation, or in other words the child can drop his foot down from the foot bar and push the car without coming in contact with the front wheels 15 and 16 and which also prevents the child from stretching his leg When he desires to push the car, which would be the case if the rear wheels 13 and 14 were arranged in alinenient with the front wheels 15 and 16.

As the front wheels 15 and 16 are steered by the steering. post it is obvious that the body portion of the car is supported in a more advantageous manner than if a steering wheel was carried on the lower end of the steering post.

Owing to the form of the securing devices,

' and the manner in which they are set up, it

is obvious that the car or vehicle can be conveniently knocked down when occasion ner.

What I claim is A childs push car comprising a loody por-- tion, a vertically disposed support secured against the rear end thereof and projecting above and vbelow said body portion, rear wheels supported from the lower end of said support, an upright mounted upon and connected with said body portion, a seat member connected with the top of said support and with the top of said upright, a steering post extending down through the forward part of said body portion, and a pair of front wheels connected with said steering p a In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. MCKNIGHT.

Witnesses: I

Jos. J. KNAPPENBERGER, V. L. Enwanns. 

